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Recruiting was once a saving grace for Wisconsin football. Why this class hurts that notion

4 hours 5 min ago
A rough signing day, set up by a difficult past two months on the recruiting trail, showed major cracks in one of the pillars of Luke Fickell's tenure at Wisconsin.

Obituary index for Thur., Dec. 4

4 hours 52 min ago
TODAY'S OBITUARIES

Wisconsin football loses top-rated recruit in signing day flip

4 hours 59 min ago
The four-star running back won't be joining the Badgers after months of concern Wisconsin couldn't hang onto the prized Georgia prospect.

Lake Monona drowning victim identified as Madison man

5 hours 10 sec ago
The medical examiner’s office confirmed the man pulled from the lake on Thanksgiving died as a result of drowning.

Wisconsin Supreme Court will decide whether county sheriffs can hold people for ICE

5 hours 56 min ago
The lawsuit argues that state law does not allow county sheriffs to detain people for federal immigration offenses.

Former UW Regent John Miller appointed state economic development CEO

6 hours 17 min ago
Miller takes the position previously held by Missy Hughes, who resigned from the agency in September to run for the state’s open governor seat next fall.

A historic piece of the Madison skyline is up for sale

9 hours 2 min ago
It’s all part of the state’s plan to reduce its overall footprint in Downtown Madison and save on maintenance costs.

6 Wisconsin players earn All-Big Ten nods on defense, special teams

9 hours 25 min ago
The Badgers had a standout freshman and stalwart upperclassmen honored by the Big Ten on Wednesday.

Driver dies after losing control, crashing into another vehicle near Janesville

9 hours 47 min ago
The fatal crash happened about 6:10 a.m. on Highway 14 near South Carvers Rock Road in the town of Bradford, east of Janesville, authorities reported.

Madison refuse drop-off sites switching to winter hours

9 hours 57 min ago
The Olin Avenue site already is closed for good, to be replaced by a new central-city site in the spring.

Madison police seek to reunite owner with dog left in station lobby

10 hours 57 min ago
The small dog does not have a microchip or tag to help police reunite it with the owner.

Lawyer seeks return of Slender Man stabber to mental hospital from jail

11 hours 37 min ago
Morgan Geyser has been in jail since last week when she was brought back from Illinois following her escape from a group home in Madison.

Man accused of 5th OWI after hitting man getting into car on South Side

12 hours 57 min ago
The incident happened about 9:05 p.m. Sunday in the 1800 block of Beld Street, Madison police said.

Photo of the day: Nutcracker Storytime

13 hours 27 min ago
Featured images by the Wisconsin State Journal's photo team of Amber Arnold, John Hart and Owen Ziliak.

Kwik Trip distribution center in DeForest may not be the company’s last

14 hours 27 min ago
The company is looking at other Midwest locations for distribution centers and is not ruling out a second production facility.

Madison police seek reckless homicide charge in Nov. 17 fatal shooting near Warner Park

15 hours 12 min ago
The suspect was booked into the Dane County Jail on the night of the shooting on a probation hold and remains there.

UW’s ‘exuberant cult of fraternity and sorority’ was defended a century ago

15 hours 22 min ago
This State Journal editorial ran on Dec. 11, 1925:

$31 million Fitchburg police station rises at Fish Hatchery, Lacy roads

16 hours 7 min ago
City leaders said police have long needed more space and the roughly 64,000-square-foot station has been more than a decade in the making.

Couple parlays love of reading into Sun Prairie’s first independent bookstore

16 hours 17 min ago
Prairie Pages opened last month and is part of a downtown resurgence following the 2018 natural gas explosion.

Whirlwind of a year leads to new coffee shop in downtown Sun Prairie

16 hours 17 min ago
What began in April as a coffee trailer servicing the West Side of Madison and Middleton is now a full-blown coffee shop in downtown Sun Prairie.

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